1. (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 38a-92l or 38a-92m, inclusive, financial guaranty insurance may be transacted in this state only by an insurer licensed to transact financial guaranty insurance.

2. (b) The following guaranties are permissible: Financial guaranty insurance shall be written only to insure timely payment of contractual obligations, including principal and interest, purchase obligations, dividends or any other payment obligation such as:

   1. (1) Municipal obligation bonds; (2) special revenue bonds; (3) industrial development bonds; (4) corporate obligations; (5) partnership obligations; (6) asset-backed securities, trust certificates and trust obligations other than mortgage-backed securities secured by mortgages on real property which are insurable by a mortgage guaranty insurer, unless:

      1. (A) The mortgage loans with loan-to-value ratios in excess of eighty per cent are insured by mortgage guaranty insurers licensed in this state or mortgage guaranty insurers licensed under the laws of any other state if that insurer has a claims paying rating of investment grade from a securities rating agency acceptable to the commissioner, or (B) additional mortgage loans with principal balances, collateral with a market value or excess spread reasonably projected to be an amount at least equal to the coverage that would otherwise be provided by those mortgage guaranty insurers in accordance with subparagraph (A) of this subdivision are pledged as additional support for the asset-backed securities; (7) installment purchase agreements executed as a condition of sale; (8) consumer debt obligations; (9) utility first mortgage obligations; and (10) any other debt instrument or monetary obligation that the commissioner determines to be substantially similar.

(P.A. 93-136, S. 8.)